Improvement in fjre-klndlers



I. McFARLAND. FIRE-KINDLER.

No 186,593. Paiteniaed Jan. 23, 1877.

awn i n N-FETERS, PHOTO-'LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. By C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH MOFARLAND, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

' IMPROVEMENT IN FlRE-KINDLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,593, dated January23, 1877; application filed September 23, 1876.

will enable others skilled in the art to make. and use the same, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to produce a sufficient heat to kindlehard or soft coal, green or dry wood, Without the aid of any otherkindlings than the use of benzine, gaso line, or some other fluid of .asimilar nature, in the manner described in this specification.

Figure 1 is a fire-kindler complete, showing the condensing-cylinder B,nozzle D, (which may be removable or not at pleasure,) the handle E, andthe perforations f in the nozzle, all of which are more fully describedin Figsl 2 and 3.

Fig. 2 shows a section of the condensingcylinder B. This cylinder may bemanufactured from cast or wrought metal, as iron, copper, German silver,brass, 8m, and may be of any desired shape.

' U is a small metallic tube inserted into the condensing-cylinder at aby a screw cut on the tube, so as to be perfectly gas-tight. The tube 0is so bent as to be in an elliptical form with a very fine and smallhole, Z), nearthe end, through which the gasoline or other similar fluidescapes, and fire being applied soon.

heats the tube 0 to redness, and a powerful stream of superheated gas isthe result, which will ignite any kind of coal in from five to tenminutes, and any kind of Wood in from three to five minutes; To add tothe condensingpower of the cylinder B a wire, d, is inserted into thetube 0 from the cylinder at the point 0. This wire should'pass throughabout onehalf the length of the tube 0, as shown at g, and be extendedinto the cylinder B in a straight, spiral, or any other form for anydesired distance.

Fig. 3 shows a section of the nozzle D with a section of the tube 0 andthe wire heater (1 extended into the tube 0 to the point g.

. FigsJl and 3f f are a series of holes or openings in the nozzle D tosupply the burner with air.

The handle E may be made of either cast or wrought metal, Fig. 1. H inFig. 2- is the aperture to receive the benzine, gasoline, or othersimilar fluid into the cylinder B, and when charged must be carefullyclosed bya fine-threaded screw cut on the handle E at J.

Method of using: Put benzine, gasoline, or other similar fluid intocylinder B at aperture H, and, having securely closed said aperture,apply fire at nozzle D, and apply kindler to wood or coal.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the condensing-cylinde B,the tube or burner U, the heater d, and the nozzle D, substantially asand for the pur poses set forth.

JOSIAH MGFARLAND. Witnesses: H. O. KRONENBITTER, GILBERT H. STEWART.

